J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1990 Jun;25(3):958-960. 10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.3.958.

Traumatic Rupture of the Medial Ligament of the Knee in a 2-Year and 1-Month-Old Boy: Case Report

• Choi CU
• Lee BI
• Kwon JW
• Im SJ

• KMID: 2443461
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.3.958

Abstract

Significant traumatic disruption of the ligaments about the knee can occur in a child. Recently several reports have described knee ligament, injuries with open growth plates. And these reports contradict the notion that complete tears of knee ligaments occur only after growth plates have closed. The youngest patient with medial collateral ligament injury reported before was a 4-year-old boy by Joseph and Pogrund in 1978. But authors experienced a case of ruptured medial collateral ligament of the knee in a 2-year and 1-month old boy, who seemed to be youngest with the ligament injury.

Keyword

Ligament Injury; Knee; 2 Year Old Boy

MeSH Terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Collateral Ligaments
Growth Plate
Humans
Infant, Newborn*
Knee*
Ligaments*
Male*
Rupture*
Tears